[applause] >> that was roger di silvestro and president roosevelt's time in the badlands. the dakota territory. for more information, visit the author's web site, roger writes.com. >> next on booktv, alison owings talks about her book, 45 listening to native americans which documents how nativepplaus americans view their lives, their history and the world around them. ite] is about 45 minutes. >> thank you very much. and president of the chicago history museum and with us today is our guest, alison owings. her latest book is "indian voices" listening to native americans. in a w her book, we meet a wide array ofhem native people and we hear them discussing their own lives, so alison please begin the conversation. litfest. i'm really happy to be here. i think that i wrote this book initially because i was so appalled by the ignorance of nonnative people about native people including myself. and i, therefore, set out what i could to destereotype what i find is really a bad bob. it's been a bad problem for centuries and it continues today. and initially my idea was, well, i wi